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The Ethnoepidemiology of Obesity
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The Ethnoepidemiology of Obesity

Abstract

The prevalence of overweight and obesity varies significantly across ethnic groups and among aboriginal people in Canada and appears to be increasing overall in children and youth, which will have significant health consequences in the future. Individual health behaviours, genetic predisposition, and community-level factors all contribute to the high burden of overweight and obesity across communities in Canada. Preliminary studies indicate …

Authors

Valera B; Sohani Z; Rana A; Poirier P; Anand SS

Journal

Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 131–141

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

2 2015

DOI

10.1016/j.cjca.2014.10.005

ISSN

0828-282X